Natural Prodcast Episode 13: Francisco Barona Goméz
Natural Prodcast guest Francisco Barona-Gomez suggests discussing natural products from bacteria-centric terms and not from a human-centric point of view. [Read More]
Genome Insider S2 Episode 2: Cracking the Secrets of the Diatom’s Shell
In this JGI Genome Insider episode, Setsuko Wakao and Kris Niyogi are investigating how diatoms make their silica shells. [Read More]
Genome Insider S2 Episode 1: Exploring the Diversity of the American Prairie’s Switchgrass
In this episode of JGI’s Genome Insider, a team of scientists pursue secrets of switchgrass diversity through its genome. [Read More]
Natural Prodcast Episode 12: Nadine Ziemert
Continuing the Natural Prodcast series on genome mining, guest Nadine Ziemert from the University of Tübingen on the evolution of secondary metabolite pathways as viewed through metagenome studies, and what more JGI and others can do to enable progress in this area of natural products. [Read More]
Natural Prodcast Episode 11: Marnix Medema
In this Natural Prodcast podcast episode, Marnix Medema of Wageningen University and his collaborators have a fantastic set of software tools for exploring secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs). [Read More]
Genome Insider Episode 9: The Soil Blooms Green
In Genome Insider, Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are studying a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. [Read More]
Natural Prodcast Episode 10: A Primer on Genome Mining
In this Natural Prodcast episode, the basics of genome mining, including an analogy involving the California Gold Rush. Also covered: a new publication out of JGI in Nature Biotechnology. [Read More]
Genome Insider Episode 8: A Plantiful Future: Xiaohan Yang
Can plants help humans attain a renewable energy future? Xiaohan Yang, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, believes they can. [Read More]
Genome Insider Episode 7: Decoding Yellowstone’s microbial mats
Researchers studying cyanobacteria in Yellowstone National Park encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens. [Read More]
Genome Insider (Mini-)Episode 6. How Microbes Can Protect Plants in Drier Straits
A mini-episode looking at the efforts of Pankaj Trivedi, whose New Investigator proposal was recently approved through the JGI Community Science Program, to use microbiome science to help plants cope with drought conditions. [Read More]